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Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

Russia 1868-1945 Genre paintings

Brief Biography-Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky was from Smolensk in Russia. He studied modern painting in Moscow and at the Imperial Academy of arts in St Petersburg. He later moved to Paris where he worked in private studios. In Riga in the 1920s he became a member of the Academy of Arts. Most of his time was spent in Riga. He died in Berlin in 1945.